Posts by Nina Castillo

Rihanna’s Superbowl halftime performance is living in my head rent free. She hasn’t performed in nearly 7 years?! And she did that! It was a gorgeous performance. The set, the…

I used to be an avid acrylic nail tips person, then had a few bad experiences with it breaking off and hurting SO bad and also realized how damaging it…

The past few months, I’ve been trying to keep up with the habit of taking a 45+ min walk a day (aka a HGW). During these walks, I love to…

I’ve recently dealt with a few group project settings where my team members are difficult to work with. Whether it be lack of responsiveness, heavy procrastination, poor quality work, etc.,…

This past Monday marked my last first day of school (at least for now.. I don’t think I plan on doing any sort of grad school, but hey, plans change…

My biggest simple pleasure in life is the first sip of a delicious iced honey oatmilk latte. I think through this very difficult and high stress semester, I’ve really been…

Kelly Marie Tran’s story begins with growing up in America and seeing her immigrant parents from Vietnam being superheroes, working extremely hard everyday, and inspiring her to have the strong…

I’ve always been someone who thinks negatively of myself and just has a general lack of self confidence. Especially in situations like interviews, I always found myself doubting my abilities…

Woke up this morning with the sun beaming into my room. Cracked a window open and let the breeze come in. Got ready and walked out to my favorite weather…

It’s been a while since I’ve been in (in-person) classes. I vividly remember the last in-person class I went to before this semester, it was calc 2 in Ryder Hall…